The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case that hinges on whether a law banning sex discrimination at schools and other institutions that get federal funding empowers employees to file gender bias lawsuits, giving the justices a chance to upend many observers' understanding of the statute. Here's a look at the legal battle and what's at stake.
AT&T California breached a settlement in a closed case through its delayed response to an information request made by a Communications Workers of America local, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, with board member Scott Mayer "reluctantly" concurring based on precedent he "vehemently disagrees" with.
A California federal court is set to weigh in soon on whether excluding restricted stock units from overtime calculations violates the Fair Labor Standards Act, just as a federal lawmaker is pushing to amend the statute to clarify that such awards do not factor into calculations. Here, Law360 explores the issue.